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Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:12:13 -0500

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  > If you want companies to care about freedom, you've got to start with
  > hardware. 

I don't agree.

              I say this, because hardware really is no different than
  > software.

The differences are tremendously important in practice.
https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html explains this.

If we take "really" to mean "at the heart", your statement becomes
somewhat true.  But that meaning doesn't lead to the practical consequences
you argue for.


-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)





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